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Today we see the release of Pathfinder: City of Secrets #2 from Dynamite and we've got a peer-to-peer interview as Troy Brownfield talks with series writer Jim Zub about the project and his experience as an rpg gamer. TROY BOWNFIELD: Set the way-back machine: how did you get interested in the fantasy genre, and what are[...]

Pathfinder: City Of Secrets commentary by Jim Zub. PAGE 1: Starting up a new story arc and a new issue #1, it's nice to get a brief reintroduction to our adventuring heroes Leandro does a wonderful job of illustrating the cast, following the detailed style of the Pathfinder game very closely. PAGE 2-3: A tough shot but[...]

Dynamite is kicking off Pathfinder: City Of Secrets series this month with writer Jim Zub and artist Leandro Oliveira The new series ties into the RPG game and provides readers with a playable map and adventure path Our own Jim Kuhoric chatted with Zub about the new series and working it into the gaming universe. JIM[...]

Yes, he found some… Jim Zub was quite happy to talk about Skullkickers and how happy he was to have it back on shelves The launch of every issue of the last arc as #1's helped raise sales somewhat and that, along with its serialization online, has brought new readers to the title but Zub is gearing up[...]

If you play the Pathfinder roleplaying game but haven't gotten around to buying the comics from Dynamite Entertainment… you may want to change that in May. Pathfinder: City of Secrets #1 is written by Jim Zub with interior art by Leandro Oliveira and cover art by Genzoman, Carlos Gomez, Sean Izaakse and Steven Cummings and is[...]

Comic creator Jim Zub, behind Skullkickers for Image Comics and many more projects around the industry tells Bleeding Cool, Skullkickers fan Carl Smith contacted me late last year to ask me for help putting together a special promotion with his local comic shop When he told me his plan, I honestly didn't believe he was serious[...]

Coming from Jim Zub and Felipe Andre, in association with Disney Kingdoms and Walt Disney Imagineers, comes a new Marvel comic based on the Figment character from Walt Disney theme parks. If the tune is not in your head, here it comes… One Little Spark… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlV6LwQw_18[/youtube] And here's the rather decipherable teaser…       [...]

Scott Campbell, Tim Seeley, Emanuela Lupacchino, Charlie Adlard, Carlos Rafael, Ken Haeser, and Michael Turner. In the upcoming miniseries, several terrifying figures – including the undead Evil Ernie, goddess Purgatori, vampire Chastity, and supernatural band of misfits known as The Omen – individually witness visions of the world's impending doom, and rush headlong into conflict.  Some[...]

Continuing their Li'l Dynamites event, we get an extended preview of Li'l Sonja by Jim Zub and Joel Carroll. Li'l Sonja is a warrior girl who travels the lands testing her mettle against monsters big and small, a younger pluckier version of the famous She-Devil With a Sword When Li'l Sonja encounters a town plagued by[...]

They've turned her over to Jim Zub and Jonathan Lau to create an over-sized manga-style one-shot called Red Sonja And Cub This special edition will feature a cover by Jeffery Cruz and hit stands in April. In Red Sonja and Cub, blood will rain down upon the snowy ground as the She-Devil With A Sword battles[...]

Their only hope is to fight their way out! And in the shadows of the Universe, the Corps' worst nightmare is coming true: The Sinestro Corps is stirring! And after getting kicked off his Birds Of Prey run before the first issue, and being a very good boy since,  Jim Zub finally gets a DC comic[...]

Bid high, it's for a good cause! Taking a look at the listings, they're offering up stuff from Jim Zub, Peter Krause, Mike McKone, Ruben Procopio, Fred Hembeck and a few Stan Lee autographs along with the piece by Raney and signed books my Ron Marz. If you are looking to buy a gift for a comic fan on[...]

Jim Zub has gone from Makeshift Miracle to Skullkickers and now to Pathfinder for Dynamite Entertainment Arvid Nelson chatted with Zub about his career and how he deals with the comic industry. ARVID NELSON: I won't ask you "how did you break into comics?" because you've already got a great essay on your site (www.jimzub.com) but[...]

Jim Zub talked with him about The Shadow and taking the character out of his familiar urban setting. JIM ZUB: Given the long history of the character it may seem odd, but how would you sum up The Shadow for readers who have never read it before? CHRIS ROBERSON: The Shadow is arguably the first and greatest[...]

Jim Zub got Arvid Nelson to talk about Warlord of Mars… and it all went very strange from the first question. JIM ZUB: Given the long history of the character it may seem odd, but how would you sum up Warlord of Mars for readers who have never read it before? ARVID NELSON: Here's what I would do[...]

Jim Zub chatted with Lee about his interest in the series and his approach to writing the character. JIM ZUB: What storytelling elements draw you to the classic Battlestar Galactica property? TONY LEE: Since I was a kid I've been fixated with 'quest' stories, from classics like the Odyssey all the way up to shows like Battlestar[...]

Marc Gaffen and Kyle McVey sat down with Jim Zub to talk about the Grimm Universe, writing Nick Burkhardt's adventures and keeping the fans happy. JIM ZUB: What themes or characters draw you to Grimm? MARC GAFFEN: The biggest draw for us is that Nick's story is, at its root, a simple fish-out-of-water story The idea of[...]

Jim Zub is building quite a name for himself as a comic book writer working on titles such as Skullkickers, Pathfinder and Samurai Jack as well as award-winning cartoon Makeshift Miracle Jai Nitz caught up with Zub to talk about fantasy comics and what the writer has in store for his readers in the near[...]

Reprinted copies will be available at NYCC, and in stores in November, according to writer Jim Zubkavich.. Did you get your Skullkickers Treasure Trove Vol 2 from Amazon looking like this? When it should have looked like this? Than you may have a misprinted copy, with a page from the previous volume instead of this one[...]

You don't want to know… Newsarama January 7th Jim Zubkavich: Rather than pitching specific plot details or which villain the group would be going up against, I focused on creating a "character matrix" that focused on who the cast was, what they've been through and how they could grow and change as things progress[...]

Jim Zub reports on the sales bump given to Skullkickers by renaming it Uncanny Skullkickers for one issue, in light of Uncanny Avengers and Uncanny X-Force joining Uncanny X-Men at Marvel. Something I'm sure Nicky Barrucci hopes will be repeated with Uncanny #1 and William D Hodge the same with The Uncanny #1.   Jim Zub reports[...]

We told you a week ago that DC was going to have to start announcing that a number of people had been taken off books, even before they started – with the unfortunate problem that solicitations had run and PR had been issued. In a PR-arranged conversation with CBR, Bobbie Chase and Bob Harras announced that[...]

Althoiugh it's really issue nineteen. As ever Jim Zubkavich and Edwin Huang are to blame… In February, Skullkickers changed its name to Uncanny Skullkickers, modelled itself after Marvel's current three titles with Uncanny in the name and relaunched with a new issue one Although really it was just issue eighteen with a grab for some new[...]

But rather than new webcomics, they are both animated cartoons. The first is Bravoman, with the subtitle Cartoon Of Unequalled Excellence, by Jim Zub and Matt Moylan taking the webcomic and turning into a fully animated series, starring Bravoman, Alpha, Anti-Bravo and Waya and voiced by Animaniacs' Rob Paulsen. The second is Mappy: The Beat by Scott[...]